Motorsport

Two-time Daytona 24 Hours winner Ricky Taylor will join Jota Cadillac for the World Endurance Championship’s Lone Star Le Mans event at Austin next week.
The American will drive the #12 Cadillac V-Series.R alongside Norman Nato and Will Stevens at the Circuit of the Americas on 4-6 September, deputising for an injured Alex Lynn.
This will mark Taylor’s debut race outing with Cadillac’s ...Keep reading

2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg argued that Red Bull driver Max Verstappen was lucky to avoid triggering a multi-car pile-up during his opening-lap crash at the Dutch Grand Prix. 
The four-time champion suffered a violent crash on the first lap of his home grand prix in damp conditions, which triggered the red flag and ended his race early. Luckily, no other driver was caught up in ...Keep reading

Lando Norris feels he is performing better both on and off the track in Formula 1 this year compared to his title-winning 2025 campaign, fresh off back-to-back wins for McLaren.
The reigning F1 world champion has taken pole and victory in the last two rounds in Hungary and Zandvoort to breathe fresh life into a difficult title defence, as McLaren made a slow start to the new regulations ...Keep reading

Opel has announced that 16-time race winner Mitch Evans will spearhead its entry into Formula E in the 2026-27 season.
The Kiwi joins the German manufacturer after spending a full decade at Jaguar’s factory team, where he claimed the all-time wins record but fell short of winning the championship on several occasions.
He will join 2023 Formula 2 champion Theo Pourchaire, who will be ...Keep reading

A frustrating summer for William Byron added another chapter on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when he lost a left rear wheel and crashed into the Turn 3 wall while running fourth on Lap 233.
Byron had already been hovering around seventh in the championship standings before a summer swoon that has dropped him to 12th. He is locked into the Chase for the Championship but the fall has ...Keep reading

RSS Racing is entering three cars into this weekend's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
Ryan Sieg will move over to the No. 38 while brother Kyle Sieg continues to drive the No. 28, but it's ARCA driver Andy Jankowiak who will pilot the No. 39 (Ryan's usual entry) and be locked into the show as a result.
It will be Jankowiak's first start in any of the ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri is scratching his head as to why he’s struggled to maximise the McLaren Formula 1 package compared to team-mate Lando Norris.
The reigning world champion has won the last two grands prix - Budapest and Zandvoort - from pole thanks to a heavily-upgraded MCL40, while Piastri has suffered a DNF and finished sixth.
It has left Norris fourth in the standings and 55 points ahead of ...Keep reading

For just the third time this year, a NASCAR Cup Series race will feature a full field of cars. The Daytona 500 and the spring Talladega race are the only other races this year that featured DNQ(s).
Daytona International Speedway will host the regular season finale, with the 2026 Chase grid set on Saturday night.
Along with the expected 36 chartered entries, there are five open teams showing ...Keep reading

There's just one race left in the NASCAR regular season, with the final spots in the Chase on the line as the Cup Series heads back to Daytona this weekend.
Once the checkered flag is taken in Daytona, the race for the title will be down to just 16 drivers, all of whom will have 10 races to score as many points as they can in an effort to be crowned champion.
So far this season, it has been ...Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen expected New Hampshire Motor Speedway to be a positive day for the No. 97 Trackhouse Racing team. He ran strong there last year before a wreck, and led the organization with a fifth-place qualifying this past weekend.
The race started in an unusual way, as NASCAR bolted on the wet-weather tires to go racing on a damp track. Van Gisbergen quickly emerged as the fastest driver ...Keep reading

Carson Hocevar has built himself quite a reputation for a driver who is just 23 years old.
The driver of the No. 77 is known for his aggressive racing and bold attitude, which has earned him plenty of fans, but also come with some animosity from his NASCAR peers.
Racing is a sport built on storylines, and storylines need villains, and Hocevar seems exceedingly comfortable taking on that ...Keep reading

The format of the NASCAR playoffs has been the subject of regular tinkering over the years, and this season, the sport is returning to the tried and true Chase.
Keeping casual fans up to speed on such changes can be challenging at times. Those tuning back in for the final races of the season may be thinking that the win-and-in system of round advancement that made up the playoffs for the past ...Keep reading

When the 2027 NASCAR schedule was released, it carried some tough news for Rockingham Speedway.
The Rock, which had hosted both the NASCAR O'Reilly and Truck Series in each of the past two seasons, will not be home to either series next year.
It was the latest blow to what has been a rocky few years for Rockingham Speedway, and it sounds like the track could be changing hands some time soon ...Keep reading

Austin Hill has been announced as the official driver of the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet in 2027. Hill stepped into the role following the tragic death of Kyle Busch, and has been driving the renumbered car (as it was the No. 8) while also competing for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series championship.
Hill, 32, will run for NASCAR Cup points next year after signing a deal with ...Keep reading

Eduardo ‘Dudu’ Barrichello voiced frustration following Sunday’s Michelin GT Challenge, calling a crucial late-race drive-through penalty against co-driver Tom Gamble "a bit too harsh" after contact while battling for the GTD class victory.
With just six minutes remaining in the GT-only feature at Virginia International Raceway, Heart of Racing’s #27 Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo ...Keep reading

Christian Lundgaard carved his way through the field at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, driving from ninth on the grid to secure a second-place finish on the scenic 1.7-mile, 7-turn temporary street circuit wrapped around the National Mall.
Behind the wheel of the #7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, the 25-year-old Dane delivered another standout drive in what has been a breakout 2026 NTT IndyCar Series ...Keep reading

Netflix has officially confirmed that its behind-the-scenes docuseries Formula 1: Drive to Survive will return for a ninth season, covering the ongoing 2026 season.
The docuseries, which premiered on the streaming service in 2019, has given viewers unprecedented access to the paddock and an insight into the drivers' personal lives beyond the track. 
"We’re so excited to be making Season 9 ...Keep reading

After 301 laps of racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, it was once again Ryan Blaney raising the lobster above his head in Victory Lane.
He denied Bubba Wallace and Josh Berry a much-needed victory, and solidified his place as the No. 2 driver in the Cup standings.
The race featured nine cautions, and 15 lead changes among seven different drivers. There is now just one race left in the ...Keep reading

F1 Academy has announced the return of its rookie test for 2026, expanding the initiative through the launch of a new rookie training camp organised in partnership with Loughborough University.
In total, 18 prospective F1 Academy drivers have been selected to take part in the training camp.
The first stage of the rookie training camp will take place at Loughborough University from 25-27 ...Keep reading

The past week has been a real rollercoaster for Yuki Tsunoda. Racing Bulls CEO Peter Bayer had already been informed the previous Friday of Isack Hadjar’s wrist injury and a potential driver change, but according to Tsunoda, he only received the call on Tuesday – while he was still on a beach in Greece.
The Japanese driver immediately stressed that he was physically fully prepared for the ...Keep reading